Title 135 · ORS Chapter 135

to 135.709 and 135.745 to 135.757. [Formerly 134.040]

Citation: ORS 135.703

Section: 135.703

135.703 to 135.709 and 135.745 to 135.757. [Formerly 134.040]

SUFFICIENCY OF ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENTS

����� 135.711 Facts constituting crime or subcategory of crime required. For any felony committed on or after November 1, 1989, the accusatory instrument shall allege facts sufficient to constitute a crime or a specific subcategory of a crime in the Crime Seriousness Scale established by the rules of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. [1989 c.790 �4]

����� 135.713 Necessity of stating presumptions of law and matters judicially noticed. Neither presumptions of law nor matters of which judicial notice is taken need be stated in an accusatory instrument. [Formerly 132.570]

����� 135.715 Effect of nonprejudicial defects in form of accusatory instrument. No accusatory instrument is insufficient, nor can the trial, judgment or other proceedings thereon be affected, by reason of a defect or imperfection in a matter of form which does not tend to the prejudice of the substantial rights of the defendant upon the merits. [Formerly 132.590]

����� 135.717 Time of crime. The precise time at which the offense was committed need not be stated in the accusatory instrument, but it may be alleged to have been committed at any time before the finding thereof and within the time in which an action may be commenced therefor, except where the time is a material element in the offense. [Formerly 132.610]

����� 135.720 Place of crime in certain cases. In an accusatory instrument for an offense committed as described in ORS